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> Rumiko Takahashi won the Grand Prix, the festival’s lifetime achievement award. Takahashi began publishing manga comics in 1978 and her books, including “Inuy

> Rumiko Takahashi won the Grand Prix, the festival’s lifetime achievement award. Takahashi began publishing manga comics in 1978 and her books, including “Inuyasha”, (...) Interesting choice by the NYT. In my corner of the world, she was well known for writing "Ranma 1/2", while "Inuyasha" flew pretty much under the radar. I'm assuming it must have been the other way around in the US.

mikekchar 8y ago
Ranma 1/2 is probably technically child porn in the US. Do they sell it there? Even Inuyasha has a full nude picture of 14 year old of Kagome in the first book. I was going to send the Japanese version to my niece in Canada (I live in Japan) and quickly scanned it first to be sure... It's funny though, Rumiko Takahashi is probably my favourite mangaka (all of her manga was easy enough for me to read when I was first learning Japanese). But when I mentioned her to my wife, the first thing that came to her mind was Urusai Yatsura, which I had never heard of :-) She's written a lot of popular manga!
- 2ion 8y ago
  Both Inuyasha and Ranma 1/2 were sold en masse and broadcast as anime in Germany between 1999-2009, even with reruns, during times when most of us children came home after school (4pm or so) targetting probably 10-18 year olds, which is why these programs were quite popular. People didn't care much about the nudes, the books were full of it (was also a theme of jokes IIRC).
- yardie 8y ago
  Ranma 1/2 was available in the US for a long time at book and music stores. Not sure if that is still the case. Most of those stores are shuttered. Manga then wasn’t nearly as popular as it is now.
  - samspot 8y ago
    There was also a NA release of a SNES game, so it was popular enough https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranma_%C2%BD:_Hard_Battle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranma_%C2%BD:_Hard_Battle
glandium 8y ago
She's also known for Urusei Yatsura, known as Lamu in France, and apparently Lum in the US. But it might not have been popular in the US.
- nvarsj 8y ago
  I grew up with Urusei Yatsura in the US - it was shown on KTEH in the Bay Area in the 90s. It's a really funny show, and I'm happy I got a chance to watch it. But that was an oddity for the US, for sure. I'm really fortunate to have had KTEH around as a kid. I also fondly remember watching Doctor Who on Sunday nights.
- amyjess 8y ago
  You could also add Maison Ikkoku to the list; it was the definitive romantic comedy in Japan, and for a long time all new romantic comedies were compared to it, even with the dismissive "I liked this better when it was called Maison Ikkoku."

mikekchar 8y ago

Ranma 1/2 is probably technically child porn in the US. Do they sell it there? Even Inuyasha has a full nude picture of 14 year old of Kagome in the first book. I was going to send the Japanese version to my niece in Canada (I live in Japan) and quickly scanned it first to be sure... It's funny though, Rumiko Takahashi is probably my favourite mangaka (all of her manga was easy enough for me to read when I was first learning Japanese). But when I mentioned her to my wife, the first thing that came to her mind was Urusai Yatsura, which I had never heard of :-) She's written a lot of popular manga!

2ion 8y ago
Both Inuyasha and Ranma 1/2 were sold en masse and broadcast as anime in Germany between 1999-2009, even with reruns, during times when most of us children came home after school (4pm or so) targetting probably 10-18 year olds, which is why these programs were quite popular. People didn't care much about the nudes, the books were full of it (was also a theme of jokes IIRC).
yardie 8y ago
Ranma 1/2 was available in the US for a long time at book and music stores. Not sure if that is still the case. Most of those stores are shuttered. Manga then wasn’t nearly as popular as it is now.
- samspot 8y ago
  There was also a NA release of a SNES game, so it was popular enough https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranma_%C2%BD:_Hard_Battle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranma_%C2%BD:_Hard_Battle

glandium 8y ago

She's also known for Urusei Yatsura, known as Lamu in France, and apparently Lum in the US. But it might not have been popular in the US.

nvarsj 8y ago
I grew up with Urusei Yatsura in the US - it was shown on KTEH in the Bay Area in the 90s. It's a really funny show, and I'm happy I got a chance to watch it. But that was an oddity for the US, for sure. I'm really fortunate to have had KTEH around as a kid. I also fondly remember watching Doctor Who on Sunday nights.
amyjess 8y ago
You could also add Maison Ikkoku to the list; it was the definitive romantic comedy in Japan, and for a long time all new romantic comedies were compared to it, even with the dismissive "I liked this better when it was called Maison Ikkoku."